外国语言文学系

外国语言文学系是汕头大学建系时间最早和学术传统最为深厚的专业学系之一。目前有 英语、西班牙语、泰语本科专业，以及外国语言文学一级硕士学科点，翻译、学科教学（英语）等专业学位硕士研究生项目。本科专业始于建校之初，1983年开始招收英语专业本科生，2019 年开始招收西班牙语专业本科生，2022年开始招收泰语专业本科生。研究生项目最早从 1993 年开始，先后与北京大学、中山大学等著名高校联合培养英语专业硕士研究生，2006 年成功申报取得英语语言文学硕士学位授权点，2018 年取得教育硕士（学科英语）授权点，2021年取得英语翻译专业硕士MTI 授权点，2024年获批外国语言文学一级硕士学科点。2025年外国语言文学获批自主设置国别与区域研究二级学科硕士学位授权点。外国语言文学硕士点下设外国语言学及应用语言学、比较文学与跨文化研究、翻译学、国别与区域研究四个二级学科。目前在读全日制本科生和硕士研究生有 400 多人。

目前外文系专任教师队伍30人，其中教授和副教授9人。全体教师中90%以上的人具有博士学位和海外学习与研究经历。近年来，教师团队共获省、部级和国家级教学成果奖近10项，获国家社科基金立项、省部级及横向项目20多项，发表于SSCI、A&HCI、CSSCI 等国内外一流与核心期刊论文80多篇，已出版学术专著和译著20多部。英语专业于2022年入选国家一流专业建设点。本学科于2020年、2021年分别进入软科中国最好学科排名前50%，2022、2023、2024、2025年进入并保持位列软科中国最好学科前40%，英语专业在2023、2024、2025、2026年软科中国大学专业排名的评级均为A。

外文系以英语、西班牙语、泰语专业教师为主干，同时联合英语语言中心、全球研究中心、中国语言文学系、新闻学院等教学研究单位，共同开设外语专业课程和组织学生的相关教育教学活动。课程设置系统灵活，教学模式新颖独特，强调从学生出发，以学生为本，为学生服务的教育教学理念，为学生提供自主学习和自我设计的个性化发展条件，提供全人教育，帮助学生找到和发挥自身潜能，提高个人素养和学习、工作与生活能力，为学生毕业时参与就业或升学竞争打好基础。除了本校本专业的学习机会，外文系学生还可以申请参加交换生项目, 获得境外学习机会。目前与学院合作的境外大学主要有：爱尔兰都柏林城市大学、爱尔兰国立高威大学、加拿大麦吉尔大学，美国肯塔基大学、美国佩斯大学、澳大利亚南十字星大学，以及西班牙塞维利亚大学，泰国诗纳卡琳威洛大学等。

汕头大学外语专业以语言学、文学、文化与翻译研究三个方向为基础，以整合思维、外国文学、语言学及应用语言学、翻译理论与实践、跨文化交际与国别/区域研究等各项专业知识与能力培养为核心，全力打造具有国际化、精细化特色的外语本科和硕士专业教育。通过基于OBE成果导向（Outcome-Based Education）的先进教育理念，培养具有全球文化视野、整合思维能力、深厚人文底蕴和英-汉、西-汉、泰-汉双语听、说、读、写、译能力较强的大批实践型和少量学术型外语专门人才。重点致力于培养学生具有扎实的双语以及多语的能力，具有深厚的中外文化底蕴、现代公民意识和较强的整合思维能力、跨文化交际能力以及终身学习能力。

English Version

Department of Foreign Languages and Literature

The Department of Foreign Languages and Literature is one of the earliest-established and most academically distinguished departments at Shantou University. It currently offers bachelor’s degree programs in English, Spanish, and Thai, as well as a first-level discipline master’s program in Foreign Languages and Literature and professional master’s degree programs, including Translation and Subject‑based Teaching (English). The undergraduate programs date back to the founding of the university: the English program began enrolling undergraduates in 1983, the Spanish program in 2019, and the Thai program in 2022. The graduate programs originated in 1993, when the department began jointly training master’s students in English with renowned institutions such as Peking University and Sun Yat-sen University. In 2006, it was authorized to confer the master’s degree in English Language and Literature. In 2018, it obtained the authorization for the Master of Education (English). In 2021, it was granted the authorization for the Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI). In 2024, it was approved to establish the first-level discipline master’s program in Foreign Languages and Literature. In 2025, the discipline of Foreign Languages and Literature was approved to independently establish a secondary-discipline master’s degree authorization point in Contry and Area Studies. The master’s program in Foreign Languages and Literature comprises four secondary disciplines: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Comparative Literature and Cross-Cultural Studies, Translation Studies, and Country and Area Studies. Currently, over 400 full-time undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled.

The department currently has 30 full-time faculty, including 7 professors and associate professors; 90% of all the faculty hold doctoral degrees and have overseas study and research experience. In recent years, the faculty has received nearly 10 provincial, ministerial, and national teaching achievement awards; secured over 20 projects funded by the National Social Science Fund as well as provincial, ministerial, and horizontal projects; published more than 80 papers in top-tier and core journals at home and abroad, including SSCI, A&HCI, and CSSCIindexed journals; and authored or translated over 20 academic monographs and translations. The English program was selected as a National First-Class Undergraduate Program in 2022. The discipline ranked within the top 50% in Best Chinese Disciplines of Soft Science in 2020 and 2021, and has maintained a position within the top 40% from 2022 through 2025. The English program received an A rating in Chinese Universities’ Major Rankings of Soft Science in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

The department is anchored by its faculty in English, Spanish, and Thai, and collaborates with teaching and research units such as the English Language Center (ELC), the Center for Global Studies  (CGS), the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, and the School of Journalism to jointly offer foreign language programs and organize the relevant educational and teaching activities for students. The curriculum is systematic yet flexible, and the teaching model is innovative and distinctive. It upholds a student-centered educational philosophy that serves the students’ needs, providing them with individualized conditions for self-directed learning and self-designed development. The department is committed to whole-person education, helping students discover and realize their potential, enhance their personal qualities, and improve their abilities in learning, work, and life, thereby laying a solid foundation for their future employment or further studies upon graduation. In addition to the learning opportunities within their home university and major, students of the department may also apply for student exchange programs to pursue study opportunities abroad. The overseas partner universities currently collaborating with the college mainly include: Dublin City University (Ireland), the National University of Ireland, Galway(Ireland), the University of Kentucky (USA), Pace University (USA), Southern Cross University (Australia), the University of Seville (Spain), and Pinacatikinwilo University (Thailand), etc.

The foreign language programs at Shantou University are built upon three foundational areas—linguistics, literature, cultureand translation studies—and centered on cultivating knowledge and competencies in integrated thinking, foreign literature, linguistics and applied linguistics, translation theory and practice, cross-cultural communication, and country and area studies. The programs endeavor to deliver undergraduate and master’s education in foreign languages characterized by internationalization and individualized attention. Guided by the advanced Outcome-Based Education (OBE) philosophy, the programs aim to cultivate a large number of practice-oriented and a small number of research-oriented foreign language professionals who possess a global cultural vision, integrated thinking ability, profound humanistic grounding, and strong bilingual (English-Chinese, Spanish-Chinese, Thai-Chinese) competencies in listening, speaking, reading, writing, and translating. The programs place particular emphasis on developing students’ solid bilingual and multilingual capabilities, profound insights into Chinese and world cultures, modern civic awareness, and strong abilities in integrated thinking, cross-cultural communication, and lifelong learning.